Proposal

Sustainable Finance

Paper 2

Proposal and Initial Writing

Question:

Environmental and social governance (ESG) issues: The new energy industry is the main force driving mineral investment, exploration, and mining today. Batteries are the largest output of the new energy industry, whether in the wind energy, solar energy or EV markets. Therefore, how to evaluate the pollution caused by mineral mining and the recycling of large amounts of discarded batteries in the future against the benefits of new energy is a big question.

Outline:

Introduction

I am going to briefly introduce the importance of new energy industry in driving mineral investment, exploration and mining. Highlights the role of batteries in wind, solar and electric vehicle markets and raises key questions: balancing the environmental benefits of new energy sources with the pollution of mineral mining and recycling of used batteries. And I will mention the real benefit of new energy industry is important for us. It helps us to value ESG more accurate.

Impacts of Mineral Mining

Discuss the environmental impacts of mineral mining, including land degradation and water pollution. Includes data visualization showing the geographic areas most affected by mining of new energy raw materials.

Battery production and disposal

Examine the battery life cycle and the environmental challenges at each stage. Provide a chart or table illustrating the amount of waste generated and recycling rates. Then find relevant data to explore how much pollution is produced by manufacturing and waste disposal batteries. And is the cost worth it for us to use many batteries instead of using the money to control the pollution caused by fossil fuels?

Environmental benefits of new energy

Emphasize the positive impact of new energy batteries on the environment, such as reducing carbon emissions. Use comparative data visualizations to compare greenhouse gas reductions with the environmental costs of battery production, disposal, and mining.